Pedro Geada (PG) holds a MSc in Biological Engineering (2012) and a PhD (MIT Portugal Program Fellowship) in Bioengineering (2018) from the University of Minho. Over the past years, he acquired technical competences and tools on photosynthetic microorganisms' cultivation and on exploring their potential applications. PG got quite experienced on characterizing and working with different types of photobioreactors and developing highly-effective and innovative strategies to harvest cells and enhance the release of high-value intracellular compounds from microalgal biomass. Based on his background and expertise, PG’s work is particularly devoted to growth optimization, development of innovative growth strategies, and overproduction of microalgal- and cyanobacterial-derived biocompounds. Additionally, his research interests include the use of photosynthetic microorganisms within the scope of circular economy, biorefinery, and zero-waste concepts, namely through the bioremediation of agro-industrial by-products and the development of decarbonization processes. Currently, PG is a Junior Researcher at the Centre of Biological Engineering (CEB) of the University of Minho and the Associate Director of the Laboratory for Microalgae Biotechnology & Bioengineering (µALGAE.Lab), coordinating the research lines related to microalgae and cyanobacteria. Also, he is lecturing the curricular unit of Instrumental Methods and Data Analysis (Bachelor of Chemical and Biological Engineering), being a member of the EU4Algae, the BioData.pt, and the European Society for Marine Biotechnology as well. In 2022, as a recognition of his scientific merit, PG obtained a Junior Researcher contract under FCT’s call for Individual Scientific Employment Stimulus (https://doi.org/10.54499/2022.00930.CEECIND/CP1718/CT0023). At research level, he was involved in 9 (inter)national projects and a COST action, having established significant national (e.g., CIIMAR, FEUP-UP, LNEG, GreenCoLab, Universidade de Aveiro) and international (e.g., UCT Prague (Czech Republic), Universidad de Almería (Spain), University of Campinas and Universidade Estadual de Maringá (Brazil), Renewable Energy Development Center (Algeria)) collaborations. Along with the collaborations with research institutes/universities, the (inter)national projects he is currently integrating as team member (3) – in CH4GREEN project is the Principal Investigator – are allowing to work closely with several industrial entities (e.g., ALLMICROALGAE, SONAE MC, Necton) as well, broadening the prospects of new valuable collaborations in a near future. Furthermore, the work developed under the scope of ZeroW project was recently highlighted by the European Commission’s Innovation Radar, which attests the quality of the research carried out by PG. PG was actively involved in the preparation of 18 (inter)national project proposals, 8 of which were funded – with a total income of approximately 2.2 M€ for the host institutions (CEB and CVR). He was also a member of the organising committee of 2 (inter)national conferences and has organised/participated in numerous outreach activities for stakeholders and the society in general. Moreover, he was awarded with 2 distinctions (both attendance grants). Currently, he is invited reviewer of 6 scientific journals, as well as external expert of the Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic (MESRaSSR) and of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS). The knowledge and expertise gathered throughout his professional path are reflected on 40 communications in (inter)national conferences, several lectures in seminars and workshops, 4 book chapters, & 16 publications in peer-review journals. PG (co-)supervised 9 MSc theses and is currently (co-)supervising 4 PhD & 3 MSc projects, as well as mentoring 2 additional PhD candidates. Furthermore, he was jury member of 1 PhD & 11 MSc theses in different (inter)national institutions.